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HILE taking this opportunity of thank® ing our numerous customers for the jiberal manner in which they lave patron.
aed OUR NEW STUDIO,
we would inform them that we have now increased facilities for the production of first-class work, and are prepared to make PuoroesapHs of @ Style and Quality thal has never been before allempled in this City.
We have on exhibilion, at our Rooma, a large number of Photograps «f every variety, including the
BEAUTIFUL PHITO- ENAMEL
be most beautifai style of Photograph known, possessing a sofiness and delicacy of coloring that has never been equalled. This elegant picture has become deservedly popa'ar elsewhere, and cannot fail to be- come so here.
Though the finish of our Photographs eannot be excelled, we would direct atten- tion to the beautrtul
Glace’ Pictures
which we make. They possess a highly enamelled surface, and are practically indes- tructible, »nd will retain their freshness and beauty for any length of time, If they become soiled they can easily be cleaned, as they wili not lose any of their beauty by being wet. ‘This valuadle quality, com- bined with their remarkable elegance, make them very suitable for presents; while the difficulty of their production will prevent thein ever becoming so common as to lessen their value. Our patrons cap have one or all of their Photos finished ip this style—an advantage which cannot be obtained elsewhere.
We give special attention -to making Groups of Families, Societies Schools, &c
Our pictures of children are sufficient evidence of our success in this difficult
anch of our art. "eer *NLARGEMENTS, finished in India Ink, Pastel, Crzyou, Oil and Water Colors, bave made a tavorable reputation for them selves throughout the Lower Provinces.
Parties intending to have Photographs made will find it to their advantage to sit early, as the number of our cu*tomers makes some delay in the delivery of the Photos unavoidable. We prefer to have
r silters come by appointment. * Photographs ba be obtaived for less money elsewhere ; but in tits case we ask that quality be given the preference; as~ suring the public that they will tiad our charges véry modcrate.
ROSS BROS,. Cor. Queen and Dorchester Streets, opposite Connolly's Bank.
Sept. 19, 1877—3m eod
Coarse Salt for Packing.
NIFTY TONS Coarse Salt, three hundre } Bags do. For sale by
W. L. Corron Manager.
HASZARD BROS, Dec. 8, 1877—-1m eod
HERRING! HERRING!
For SALE AT W. W. CLARKE’S. Water St., Ch’town, Dec. 1—eod tf
GROCERIES !
Of all kinds, Cheap, TO BE FOUND AT W. W. CLARKE'S. Water St., Ch’town, Deo—] oni tf
GHEAPEST YETI
sci ta great reduction on for mer prices.
We will Sell— Good Gray Cotton, from 4 1-2 cts, Good White Cotton, from 6 cts, Good Print Cotton, from 6 cts. Good Heavy Winseys, from 6 1-2 cts. Good Tweed Dress Goods, 7 1-2 cts, Boy's Winter Tweed, 25 cts, Heavy Winter Shawls, $1.25, All Wool Flannel, 20 cts,
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SOARFS, CLOUDS, CLOVES. VERY CHEAP.
All other goods at proportionately low prices.
Buying our goods for Cash, we are in a position to sell all goods at our bettem prices.
J. B. fHASDONALD, QUEEN STREET, CHARLOTTETOWN.
Dec. 7—ne pat
To Trustees of Country Schools
YHNUE Trustees of several Districts have
been applying for schoo! furniture, and in every instance consider the American and Canadian Combination Seat and Desk too ex- pensive. I have just got up a Combination that is stronger, neater, and one-third cheaper than those that have been imported. Call and see samples of the different sizes. City School Trustees fully approve of them.
MARK BUTCHER Dec. 18, 1877—ex Im ne a pat pres 4i
GENERAL AGENCY HOTICE
I BEG toannounce te the Traper of this
City, and the [sland generally, that oa the 14th of JANUARY 1 will have a com. plete
ASSORTMENT OF SAMPLES, of the following lines of Goods for Spring apd Summer: ©
Engiish & Canadian
TWEEDS & WOOLLENS, B00TS & SHOES, AMERICAN COTTONS,
Readymade Clothing
AMERICAN
HUBBER GOODS,
IN GREAT VARIETY.
Tobacco & Cigars, Confectionery,
Coffze & Spiess, Naval Stores, Teas, Sugars.
I am also Sovke Agent for the Lower Provinces for Wyatr & Co's (London) CELEBRATED
Pickles, Sauces, Je'lies, Ete,, —AND—
E. James & Son's (Plymouth) celebrated
STARCH, BLUE & DOME LBAD.
This Notice is only io the Trade—no Re- tail orders being solicited or accepted.
Sample Rooms at No. 9 Queen St., over the Otlice of Messrs. Hyndman Rrothers.
JOHN H, CATHRAE, Ch'town, Nov. 23, 1877 —w & lew o
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The Only Policy. |
There are six hundred and fifty members | in the British House of Commons. What | would be said in England if over a hundred | of that number, including Mr. Speaker, } were found to be Government contractors ?| Or what would our neighbors say if a sixth} of their three hundred and seventy-five re- presentatives in Congress were interested in| printing, carrying and supplying contracts | with the Departments ? No scandal so gross} has ever aifected the British Parliament within this century at least, nor has Con- gress, coyrupt and venal as it is supposed to be, ever had to consider, in all its records of jobs, one so extensive or wholesale as that. It has been left to a Canadian Ad- ministration, boasting all the virtues in man and some of the attributes of the angels, to show\the world how a Legislature can be successfully corrupted. We can boast, in- deed, that we have surpassed, not only the most corfSpicious achievements of the British Walpoles in the matter of making Parlia- ment the abode of placemen, but the best efforts of the vilest ‘‘rings” about the White Hiouse. Once, only once, was the Speaker of the House of Commons taintéd, and he dared not face the ceremony of his expulsion. Only once, too, has a presiding officer in Congress been proven corrupt, and he re- tired into private live, and is still pursued by the scandal. But our Speaker, who takes a twenty thousand dollar contract from the Government, pleads ‘“‘inadvert- ence,” and asks and obtains a bill of in- demnity from a Government majority itself equally corrupt! The spectacle of Mr. Speaker and thirty members, in a House of two hundred, holding Government contracts, is cnhanced by that of the Ferris or Inde- pendent Reformers, telling the Premier they wont support him unless he gives them so many hundred tons of rai’s for their lozal roads, and climaxed by the Premier accept- ing their terms hy return post as coolly as though the transaction involved nothing more sacred than his Christmas turkey.— Toronto Mail.
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A Few Precepts from Confucius.
others ; you thus avoid all resentment.”
*“The wise man makes equity and justice the basis of his conduct; the right forms the rule of his behavior ; deference and modesty mark his exterior sincerity and fidelity serve him for accomplishment,”
“Love virtae, and the people will be virtu- ous; the virtue of a great man is like the wind ; the virtue of the humble is like the grass; when the wind passes over it the grass inclines its head.”
‘*Children should practice filial piety at home, and fraternal deference abroad; they should be attentive in their actions, sincere and true in their words, loving all with the whole force of their affections.”
‘Return equity and justice for evil done to you, and pay goodness by goodness.”
‘‘Without the virtue of humanity, one can neither be honest in poverty nor contented in abundance.”
‘*Real virtue consists in integrity of heart, and loving your neighbor as yourself.”
‘‘What I desire that others should not do to me, I equally desire not to do to them.”
‘Think not of faults committed in the past, when one has reformed his conduct.”
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When Miss Jessie Bly, a white girl, of New- port, Ky., was recently baptized in a colored church in that town, the affair excited some remark, but it is difficult to classify the feel- ings aroused when, a few days later, she mar- ried one of the brethren, as black as the ace of spades.
Secretary Crew of Philadelphia, of the So- ciety protecting from cruelty, says iu regard to baby shows :—‘‘ I saw at those held here some of the handsomest babies I ever saw, evidently contented, well fed and properly cared for. I received a letter a few days ago from the Secretary of the New York society to protect children from cruelty, advising us to look after the baby show, and calling attention to the fact that people had complained of the way in which babies on exhibition were neglected.
*hysicians also objected to the shows, because of the danger of exposure in going from heated reoms into the late night air. If the contest was for agility, strength or general intelligence, I should not object; but the element of fat- ness and mere personal appearance appears to be all that is desired, preference going for hillocks of flesh, stutfed up with arrowroot.”
Grascow has long been famous for its penny dinners for the poor, which are, no doubt, a great boon to the working classes and to other persons whose means are limited. If, howe er, a statement made recently at the Central Police Court of that city is to be believed, a dinner at some of the eating houseg at Glasgow is not over-cheap even at the charge of one penny. A girl employed at an eating-house was charged with creating a disturbance at the establishment. Her explanation of the affair was that she had quarrelled with her employer because he insisted on selling broth in which a rat had been drowned, and which, in addition to the drowned rat, contained a considerable quantity of rotten cabbage. When she remon- strated against the sale of this concoction, he | replied that it was good enough for customers | who could only afford.to spend a penny or a) half-penny on it... This answer led to an alter | cation, which ended in her demanding the bal- ance of herrwages. He then handed her over to the police, alleging that she had created a! disturbance. The magistrate found her guilt of the charge, and fined her 10s. 6d., with the alternative of 10 days imprisonment.
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1, Young lady of the house to languid swell: ‘‘May I present you to Miss Terrapyn of Phil- adelphia’” Languid swell, with a sigh: ‘Oh, | yes. Trot her out!” 2. Young lady of the | house: 4May I present Mr. Lotus?’ Miss Terrapyn (after regarding him for some mo-
ments, quietly: ‘‘Yes. Trot him back!” | Languid swell retires.
‘Be severe to yourself, and indulgent to| N
Y when we have so little to spare!”
“Reform” Principles.
At this time, when Ministerial conventions are the order of the season, we heara great deal, not specifically but in a general way, of “Reform principles,” The Exeter Times, @ very able Opposition journal, sums ap the old Reform principles. as follows ;—
1, They opposed members of the Govern- ment leaving the service of the country im Parliament and accepting offices of emolument under the Crown.
2. They opposed coalitions, and described them as corrupt.
3, They objected to Government letting con. tracts of public works without tender.
4. They favored a reduction in the number of Cabinet Ministers,
5. They favored a reduction in the expendi. ture of each Department in the Government.
6. They opposed the violation of the Inde- pendence of Parliament Act.
7. They opposed the expenditure of money in Parliamentary elections, and corruption was to be relentlessly stamped out under the iron heel of political purity,
5. They advocated the abolition of Govern- ment pensions. :
9. They opposed the interference of Cabinet Ministers in elections, especially in those of the Provinces.
10. They opposed the employment of ‘depu- ties to do the work of the Departments.
Ne. 1 has been sadly used up, Mr. W, toss, M. Cauchon, M. Fournier, M. Letellier, Mr. D. A. McDonald, Mr. Laird, M. Dorion, Mr. Stirton, Mr. E. B. Wood, and others, have taken oflice, though in Opposition they denounced the practice.
e No. 2, It is scarcely necessary to refer to No. 2.
No. 3 was broken by the Premier, notably when he bought the steel rails, undertook the construction of the Fort Frances Loed, and gave the Georgian Bay contract to Senator Foster, then recouping him for his alleged outlay without certificate from the Chief En- gincer, These transactions have involved a large expenditure :—
Steel Rails,
Fort Frances, to 3ist Dec., 1876,
Payments to Senator Foster, (cash),
Payments to Senator Foster, (rails) 227 tons at $30,
$2, 900,000 200,000 109,000
6,000
$3,214,000
No. 4. It is scarcely necessary to refer to No- 4.
No. 5. There has been. an increase in every branch of the public expenditure, as the Pub- lic Accounts since 1873 show.
No. 6, Anglin, Norris; but it is scarcely necessary to refer to No. 6,
No. 7. Thirty Reform members of the Do- minion House, or one out of every four of those sitting on the Government. benches, have been unseated for corrupt practices since Januar 1874. Reform partizans reported by the Judges for corrupt practices have been reward- ed with public positions.
No. 8. The superannuation account has been increased from $54,000, in 1873, to $101,000, in 1875.
No, 9. Before the Reform Government had been in office three months, Mr. Cartwright went down to Bowmanville to make a corrupt contract with Senator Simpson for election purposes. Since then Ministers have appeared in almost every election contest, ree of them, Messrs. Mackenzie, Cartwright, and Huntington, were in Nerth and South Onta rio at one time seeking to defeat the Messrs. Gibbs, and Senator Pelletier has spent the last three months in Arthabaska and Quebec East on M. Laurier’s behalf. As to interference in Provincial contests, Mr. D. A. McDonald assured Mr. Mowatt, in January, 1875, ina letter that found its way into the papers that the Dominicn Government had done its best to secure the triumph of the Local Govern- mentin the Local elections then pending. Throughout the summer and fall just past, the Dominion and Local Premiers “ hunted in couples,” as the ‘Globe used to say, from county to county.
No. 10 has been habitually broken, summer and fall seldom seeing a Cabinet quorum at Ottawa.
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Miscellaneous News.
Lizards are numerous in Hamilton, Ont, It is almost impossible to draw a pail of water without getting half a dozen or more.
If you are anxious to do some hard mission- ary work, have your club and spend your even- ings with your family.
Now let us have P’s.—-Boston Post,. Can- ada ishappy. The sleighing is splendid, and there is no excise law.—N. Y. Herald. Who
ld you so ?
During the present year the United States sent 105,000,000 yards of cotton goods abroad, ten times more than was exported the year be- fore.
There are few men who, were they sure of death on their seventieth birthday, would think of preparation. To-morrow may be the
gate of an eternity and. they go on in their
toily,
True joy is a serene and sober emotien ; and they are miserably out that take laughing for rejoicing ; the seat of it is within, and there is ne ee like the resolution of a brave mind,
‘‘What is your chief consolation in life?’ asked a pastor of a young lady in his Bible class. The young lady blushed and hesitated, but on the question being repeated, the in- genuous maiden said ; “I don’t like to tell you his name ; but I have no vbjection to tell you where he lives.”
Thrifty Wife :—‘‘Oh, Algernon! useless china!
More More money thrown away Amiable chinamaniac : ‘Pooh ? pooh! my love! Money not so much an object as a conkaaas home, you know !”—Puuch,
So strong is the feeling against capital pun ishment in Merionethshire, Wales, that at a recent execution at Dolgelly the Sheriff had to hire carpenters from Chester and cart the tim- ber for the scaffold with his own horses. The Sheriff is so averse to hanging that he refused reporters admission to the jail to witmess the exgcution,
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